USAF record 302561852

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• Page 1 PROJECT 109/3 RECORD DATE - TIME GROUP 27 Feb 67 28/01/92 LOCATION Grand Haven, Holland, Michigan (3 witnesses) SOURCE Civilian NUMBER OF OBJECTS 2 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 hour 11 minutes TYPE OF…
• Page 2 Sightings at Grand Haven and Holland, Michigan February 27, 1957 William T. Powers In response to news reports and telephoned reports to the Dearborn Observatory, an investigation was conducted into…
• Page 3 2 unidentified civilian had reported by telephone. [REDACTED] said no, but that he was headed north on Highway 31 and would soon be clear of the city. At that time, [REDACTED], in his patrol car…
• Page 4 3 to seven minutes finding a road over the dunes, and by the time he had a clear view of the lakefront, the object was no longer visible. On the basis of [REDACTED]'s testimony alone, the object…
• Page 5 his cottage to call the office; while talking to the office he could still see his object, so it was quite low over the horizon. The object did not move, as seen from inside the cottage. [REDACTED]…
• Page 6 5 Grysen by about this time had put on his jacket and had gone outside. He had been outside for perhaps thirty seconds, when he caught sight of what he took to be the same object, but this time at a…
• Page 7 6 where he had seen the object come to a sudden stop over the road, and so now may have been looking at Venus. He then proceeded to 14th Avenue (there are eight avenues to the mile), where he parked…
• Page 8 7 It is possible that [REDACTED] was still watching Venus; his view to the northwest was not entirely open and [REDACTED]'s object may have been obscured by trees. This is supported to some extent by…
• Page 9 8 miles SW of Blair, in Holland. Each saw a bright object on a line toward the other observer, so the object was between them. Neither of these men wished to be interviewed. After these reports,…
• Page 10 9 0.075 of the field width, or three degrees. As a reference, an object subtending three degrees at a distance of ten miles would have a diameter of 1800 feet. If the comparison with the moon given…